New Mexico State University News

The last of three candidates for Broome Community College president visited campus Thursday for the final round of interviews.

According to a press release from New Mexico State University, former Chancellor Richard Herman has withdrawn his name from the list of candidates for the next NMSU president due to other obligations.

The New Mexico State University Board of Regents has named a University of Nebraska chancellor the new president of NMSU.

Two people, a 29-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy, died from complications of H1N1 flu in the last week in DoA a Ana County, health officials said Wednesday.

When Clara Yuvienco graduated in December with her master's degree in public health, she thought she was well-positioned to get a job.

With white ribbons tied around their arms, students, parents, children and other supporters of efforts to stop interpersonal violence in all its forms marched Saturday through downtown Las Cruces for the third annual White Ribbon Campaign.

Late season rains and cool temperatures caused green chile crops to ripen early this year, leading to a flood of red chile on the market.

The Yemeni cleric who praised the Nov. 5 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was born in Las Cruces while his father was at New Mexico State University.

Harry Romero had a reputation as an excited-sounding dispatcher nicknamed "Coronary Harry" when he moved from the radio, where he started in 1973, to become a field training officer with the Las Cruces Police Department.

A Virginia inmate and former truck driver has been indicted in the 2001 death of an Anthony, N.M., woman.

The field is down to three. One of the candidates who wants to be Broome Community College's next president interviewed today with the college's board of trustees.

The Army psychiatrist accused in the Fort Hood shootings that took the lives of 13 people had been in communication with a cleric born in Las Cruces in 1971 while his father was attending graduate school at New Mexico State University, according to a 2008 Washington Post article.

While the nation deals with double-digit unemployment, Do-a Ana County received some good economic news on Wednesday.

Richard Herman, Ph.D., has withdrawn his name from the New Mexico State University presidential selection process, the university announced this morning.

Presidential search finalist Michael Ortiz, the fourth of five candidates to visit campus, answered some of the more pressing questions on the minds of New Mexico State University students Monday -- topics like improving the graduation rate among Hispanics, transparency in the administration and, of course, parking.

Whether you're an omnivore or a vegetarian, a liberal or a conservative, an Aggie fan or a - hack, cough - Lobo backer, there is one thread of gastronomic commonality that runs through our community: Salsa.

Some faculty members at New Mexico State University are trying to organize a union.

As a New Mexico State University student in 1991, Larissa Gibbs signed up to be an ArtsFaire town crier.

Issues like programs for minority students, support for graduate students and fiscal responsibility were on the minds of students who took the opportunity to question New Mexico State University presidential finalist Barbara Couture on Wednesday during a student forum at Corbett Center.

Gov. Bill Richardson makes a stop Wednesday in Las Cruces to listen to concerns about budget bills recently passed by the Legislature to deal with the state budget deficit.